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&header;
&header;
<h1>Experience the possibilities with FreeBSD</h1>
<h1>Experience the possibilities with FreeBSD</h1>
<blockquote>
<p>FreeBSD can handle nearly any task you would expect of a UNIX workstation,
as well as many you might not expect:</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>FreeBSD can handle nearly any task you would expect of a UNIX
workstation, as well as many you might not expect:</p>
</blockquote>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">FreeBSD
is a true open system with full source code.</font></font>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font
color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">FreeBSD is a true open system with full
source code.</font></font>
<blockquote>
<p>There is no doubt that so-called open systems are <i>the</i> requirement
for today's computing applications. But no commercial vendor-supplied solution
is more open than one which includes full source code to the entire operating
system, including the kernel plus all of the system daemons, programs,
and utilities. You can modify any part of FreeBSD to suit your personal,
organizational, or corporate needs.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>There is no doubt that so-called open systems are <i>the</i>
requirement for today's computing applications. But no commercial
vendor-supplied solution is more open than one which includes full
source code to the entire operating system, including the kernel plus
all of the system daemons, programs, and utilities. You can modify
any part of FreeBSD to suit your personal, organizational, or
corporate needs.</p>
<p>With its generous <a href="&base/copyright/freebsd-license.html">licensing
policy</a>, you can use FreeBSD as the basis for any number of free <i>or
commercial </i>applications.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>With its generous <a
href="&base/copyright/freebsd-license.html">licensing policy</a>,
you can use FreeBSD as the basis for any number of free <i>or
commercial </i>applications.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">FreeBSD&nbsp;runs
thousands of applications.</font></font>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font
color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">FreeBSD&nbsp;runs thousands of
applications.</font></font>
<blockquote>
<p>Because FreeBSD is based on 4.4BSD, an industry-standard version of
UNIX, it is easy to compile and run programs. FreeBSD also includes an extensive
<a href="&base/where.html">packages collection </a>and
<a href="&base/ports/index.html">ports collection</a> that bring
precompiled and easy-to-build software right to your desktop or enterprise
server. There is also a growing number of <a href="&base/commercial/commercial.html">commercial
applications</a> written for FreeBSD.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Because FreeBSD is based on 4.4BSD, an industry-standard version of
UNIX, it is easy to compile and run programs. FreeBSD also includes
an extensive <a href="&base/where.html">packages collection </a>and <a
href="&base/ports/index.html">ports collection</a> that bring
precompiled and easy-to-build software right to your desktop or
enterprise server. There is also a growing number of <a
href="&base/commercial/commercial.html">commercial applications</a>
written for FreeBSD.</p>
<p>Here are some examples of the environments in which FreeBSD is used:</p>
<p>Here are some examples of the environments in which FreeBSD is
used:</p>
<ul>
<li><b>Internet services. </b>Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
find FreeBSD ideal, running WWW, Usenet news, FTP, Email, and other
services. Ready-to-run software like the <a
href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> web server or the Wu-ftpd
FTP&nbsp;server make it easy to set up a business or
community-centered ISP. Of course, with FreeBSD's unbeatable <a
href="&base/internet.html">networking</a>, your users will enjoy
high speed, reliable services.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Internet services. </b>Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) find
FreeBSD ideal, running WWW, Usenet news, FTP, Email, and other services.
Ready-to-run software like the <a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a>
web server or the Wu-ftpd FTP&nbsp;server make it easy to set up a business
or community-centered ISP. Of course, with FreeBSD's unbeatable <a href="&base/internet.html">networking</a>,
your users will enjoy high speed, reliable services.</li>
<li><b>X Window workstation. </b>From an inexpensive X terminal to an
advanced X display, FreeBSD works quite well. Free X software (<a
href="http://www.xfree86.org/">XFree86</a>) comes with the
system. <a href="http://www.xig.com/">Xi Graphics</a> offers
accelerated X software for high-performance graphics hardware (such
as Matrox), as well as the industry standard Motif and OpenGL
libraries.</li>
<li><b>Networking. </b>From packet filtering to routing to name
service, FreeBSD can turn any PC into a Internet firewall, email
host, print server, PC/NFS server, and more.</li>
<li><b>X Window workstation. </b>From an inexpensive X terminal to an
advanced X display, FreeBSD works quite well. Free X software (<a href="http://www.xfree86.org/">XFree86</a>)
comes with the system. <a href="http://www.xig.com/">Xi Graphics</a> offers
accelerated X software for high-performance graphics hardware (such as
Matrox), as well as the industry standard Motif and OpenGL libraries.</li>
<li><b>Software development.</b> A suite of development tools comes
with FreeBSD, including the GNU C/C++ compiler and debugger and the
Perl scripting language. Java and Tcl/Tk development are also
possible. Popular editors like Xemacs and more esoteric programming
languages like Icon work just fine, too. And FreeBSD's shared
libraries have always been easy to make and use.</li>
<li><b>Networking. </b>From packet filtering to routing to name service,
FreeBSD can turn any PC into a Internet firewall, email host, print server,
PC/NFS server, and more.</li>
<li><b>Net surfing.</b> A real UNIX workstation makes a great Internet
surfboard, and the BSD version of <a
href="http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/communicator/index.html">Netscape
Navigator</a> with Java support runs on FreeBSD. Surf the web,
publish your own web pages, read Usenet news, and send and receive
email with a FreeBSD system on your desktop.</li>
<li><b>Software development.</b> A suite of development tools comes with
FreeBSD, including the GNU C/C++ compiler and debugger and the Perl scripting
language. Java and Tcl/Tk development are also possible. Popular editors
like Xemacs and more esoteric programming languages like Icon work just
fine, too. And FreeBSD's shared libraries have always been easy to make
and use.</li>
<li><b>Education and research.</b> &nbsp;FreeBSD makes an excellent
research platform because it includes complete source code.
Students and researchers of operating systems or other computer
science fields can benefit greatly from such an open and
well-documented system.</li>
<li><b>Net surfing.</b> A real UNIX workstation makes a great Internet
surfboard, and the BSD version of <a href="http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/communicator/index.html">Netscape
Navigator </a>with Java support runs on FreeBSD. Surf the web, publish
your own web pages, read Usenet news, and send and receive email with a
FreeBSD system on your desktop.</li>
<li><b>And much more. </b>Accounting, action games,
MIS&nbsp;databases, scientific visualization, video conferencing,
Internet relay chat (IRC), home automation, multiuser dungeons,
bulletin board systems, image scanning, and more are all real uses
for FreeBSD today. If you have an innovative application for
FreeBSD, <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/gallery.cgi">let us
know</a> so we can add it to our <a
href="&base/gallery/gallery.html">gallery</a>.</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font
color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">An operating system that will grow with
your needs.</font></font>
<li><b>Education and research.</b> &nbsp;FreeBSD makes an excellent research
platform because it includes complete source code. Students and researchers
of operating systems or other computer science fields can benefit greatly
from such an open and well-documented system.</li>
<li><b>And much more. </b>Accounting, action games, MIS&nbsp;databases,
scientific visualization, video conferencing, Internet relay chat (IRC),
home automation, multiuser dungeons, bulletin board systems, image scanning,
and more are all real uses for FreeBSD today. If you have an innovative
application for FreeBSD, <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/gallery.cgi">
let us know</a>
so we can add it to our <a href="&base/gallery/gallery.html">gallery</a>.</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">An
operating system that will grow with your needs.</font></font>
<blockquote>
<p>Though FreeBSD is free software, it is also <i>user supported </i>software.
Any questions you have can be posted to hundreds of FreeBSD developers and
users simply by e-mailing to the
<a href="mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</a> mailing
list.</p>
<p>FreeBSD also has a worldwide group of programmers and writers who fix
bugs, add new features and document the system. Support for new devices
or special features is an almost constant development process, and the
team keeps a special eye out for problems which effect system stability.
FreeBSD users are quite proud of not only how fast but how reliable their
systems are.</p>
</blockquote>
<h2>What experts have to say . . .</h2>
<blockquote>
<p><i>``FreeBSD handles [our] heavy load quite well and it is nothing short
of amazing. Salutations to the FreeBSD team.''</i></p>
<div align="right"><p>---Mark Hittinger, administrator of WinNet Communications,
Inc.</p></div>
</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
<p>Though FreeBSD is free software, it is also <i>user supported
</i>software. Any questions you have can be posted to hundreds of
FreeBSD developers and users simply by e-mailing to the <a
href="mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</a>
mailing list.</p>
<p>FreeBSD also has a worldwide group of programmers and writers who fix
bugs, add new features and document the system. Support for new
devices or special features is an almost constant development process,
and the team keeps a special eye out for problems which effect system
stability. FreeBSD users are quite proud of not only how fast but how
reliable their systems are.</p>
</blockquote>
<h2>What experts have to say . . .</h2>
<blockquote>
<p><i>``FreeBSD handles [our] heavy load quite well and it is nothing
short of amazing. Salutations to the FreeBSD team.''</i></p>
<div align="right"><p>---Mark Hittinger, administrator of WinNet
Communications, Inc.</p></div>
</blockquote>
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<h1>Availability of FreeBSD</h1>
<blockquote>
<p>FreeBSD is free and is available for downloading over the Internet or
on CD-ROM for a small fee.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font
color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">Hardware requirements.</font></font>
<h1>Availability of FreeBSD</h1>
<blockquote>
<p>FreeBSD requires a PC-type personal computer running with an Intel,
AMD, Cyrix, or compatible 386, 486, or Pentium CPU. You computer
needs an ISA, EISA, VESA, or PCI bus. You will also need 5 megabytes
of RAM to install FreeBSD (but 4 megabytes to run it after
installation). For best performance, you should have 8 megabytes or
more. 60MB of disk space is required for a minimal installation.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>FreeBSD is free and is available for downloading over the Internet or
on CD-ROM for a small fee.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>FreeBSD supports most popular Ethernet adaptors,
SCSI&nbsp;controllers, IDE hard drives, multiport serial cards, CD-ROM
drives, tape drives, sound cards, mice, and other hardware. See both
the <a href="&base/FAQ/FAQ.html">Frequently Asked Questions list
</a>and the &a.latest.not;release notes</a> for complete information
on supported hardware.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">Hardware
requirements.</font></font>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font
color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">Where to get it.</font></font>
<blockquote>
<p>FreeBSD requires a PC-type personal computer running with an Intel,
AMD, Cyrix, or compatible 386, 486, or Pentium CPU. You computer needs
an ISA, EISA, VESA, or PCI bus. You will also need 5 megabytes of RAM to
install FreeBSD (but 4 megabytes to run it after installation). For best
performance, you should have 8 megabytes or more. 60MB of disk space is
required for a minimal installation.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>You can get FreeBSD free via anonymous FTP from <a
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD</a>.
You might also want to check a geographically close <a
href="&base/handbook/mirrors.html">mirror site</a>.</p>
<p>FreeBSD supports most popular Ethernet adaptors, SCSI&nbsp;controllers,
IDE hard drives, multiport serial cards, CD-ROM drives, tape drives, sound
cards, mice, and other hardware. See both the <a href="&base/FAQ/FAQ.html">Frequently
Asked Questions list </a>and the &a.latest.not;release
notes</a> for complete information on supported hardware.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>If you have a CD-ROM&nbsp;drive, you can get FreeBSD on CD-ROM for a
modest price from <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek
CDROM</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Walnut Creek CDROM<br>
4041 Pike Lane, Suite F<br>
Concord, CA 94520<br>
USA<br>
Phone: +1 925 674-0783<br>
Phone: +1 800 786-9907<br>
Fax: +1 925 674-0821<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:info@cdrom.com">info@cdrom.com</a></p>
</blockquote>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">Where
to get it.</font></font>
<p>In addition to FreeBSD, the CD-ROM comes with hundreds of ready-to-run
programs. It is backed by an unconditional money back guarantee.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>You can get FreeBSD free via anonymous FTP from <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD</a>.
You might also want to check a geographically close <a href="&base/handbook/mirrors.html">mirror
site</a>.</p>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font
color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">About the FreeBSD Project.</font></font>
<p>If you have a CD-ROM&nbsp;drive, you can get FreeBSD on CD-ROM for a
modest price from <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>FreeBSD is developed and supported by a worldwide team of
programmers. <a href="mailto:jkh@FreeBSD.ORG">Jordan Hubbard,</a> one
of the project's founders, has written a <a
href="&base/handbook/history.html">brief history</a> of the FreeBSD
project. Information about <a
href="&base/handbook/staff-who.html">who's responsible for what</a>
is also available. If you are curious, take a look at some <a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/freebsd/people.html">pictures of
the team members</a>. A more complete listing of contributors is
available in the <a
href="&base/handbook/contrib.html">Contributors</a> section of the
<a href="&base/handbook/index.html">FreeBSD Handbook</a>. FreeBSD is
an open project welcomes the help of individuals who have time and or
skills to offer.</p>
<p>This "about" section was created by <a
href="http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/">Sean Kelly</a>.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>Walnut Creek CDROM<br>
4041 Pike Lane, Suite F<br>
Concord, CA 94520<br>
USA<br>
Phone: +1 925 674-0783<br>
Phone: +1 800 786-9907<br>
Fax: +1 925 674-0821<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:info@cdrom.com">info@cdrom.com</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>In addition to FreeBSD, the CD-ROM comes with hundreds of ready-to-run
programs. It is backed by an unconditional money back guarantee.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">About
the FreeBSD Project.</font></font>
<blockquote>
<p>FreeBSD is developed and supported by a worldwide team of programmers.
<a href="mailto:jkh@FreeBSD.ORG">Jordan Hubbard,</a> one of the project's
founders, has written a <a href="&base/handbook/history.html">brief
history</a> of the FreeBSD project. Information about <a href="&base/handbook/staff-who.html">who's
responsible for what</a> is also available. If you are curious, take a look
at some <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/freebsd/people.html">pictures
of the team members</a>. A more complete listing of contributors is available
in the <a href="&base/handbook/contrib.html">Contributors</a>
section of the <a href="&base/handbook/index.html">FreeBSD
Handbook</a>. FreeBSD is an open project welcomes the help of individuals
who have time and or skills to offer.</p>
<p>This "about" section was created by <a href="http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/">Sean
Kelly</a>.</p>
</blockquote>
<p center><i><font color="#B22222"><font size="+1">Inside your PC is a daemon
waiting to be unleashed. Free it with FreeBSD.</font></font></i></p>
&footer;
</body>
<p center><i><font color="#B22222"><font size="+1">Inside your PC is a
daemon waiting to be unleashed. Free it with
FreeBSD.</font></font></i></p>
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<ul>
<li><a href="#press">FreeBSD in the Press</a></li>
<li><a href="#y2kbug">Year 2000 Compatibility</a></li>
<li><a href="#newsletter">Newsletter</a></li>
<li><a href="#qnewsletter">FreeBSD Quick Newsletter</a></li>
<li><a href="#handbook">The FreeBSD Handbook</a></li>
<li><a href="#faq">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</a></li>
<li><a href="#tutorial">Tutorials</a></li>
<li><a href="#addresources">Additional Resources</a></li>
<li><a href="#books">Books</a></li>
<li><a href="#man">Manual Pages</a></li>
<li><a href="#44doc">4.4BSD Documents</a></li>
<li><a href="#info">Info Documents</a></li>
<li><a href="#source">The Source Code</a></li>
<li><a href="#doc">The FreeBSD Documentation Project</a></li>
<li><a href="#diary">The FreeBSD Diary</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="#press">FreeBSD in the Press</a></li>
<li><a href="#y2kbug">Year 2000 Compatibility</a></li>
<li><a href="#newsletter">Newsletter</a></li>
<li><a href="#qnewsletter">FreeBSD Quick Newsletter</a></li>
<li><a href="#handbook">The FreeBSD Handbook</a></li>
<li><a href="#faq">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</a></li>
<li><a href="#tutorial">Tutorials</a></li>
<li><a href="#addresources">Additional Resources</a></li>
<li><a href="#books">Books</a></li>
<li><a href="#man">Manual Pages</a></li>
<li><a href="#44doc">4.4BSD Documents</a></li>
<li><a href="#info">Info Documents</a></li>
<li><a href="#source">The Source Code</a></li>
<li><a href="#doc">The FreeBSD Documentation Project</a></li>
<li><a href="#diary">The FreeBSD Diary</a></li>
</ul>
<a name="press"></a>
<a name="press"></a>
<h2><a href="news/press.html">FreeBSD in the Press</a></h2>
<p>The press about FreeBSD.</p>
<a name="y2kbug"></a>
<a name="y2kbug"></a>
<h2><a href="y2kbug.html">Year 2000 Compatibility</a></h2>
<p>This is the FreeBSD project's current statement about its Year 2000
compatibility.</p>
<a name="newsletter"></a>
<h2><a href="publish.html#newsletter">Newsletter</a></h2>
<p>The FreeBSD Newsletter, published and
distributed free of charge by Walnut Creek CDROM.</p>
<p>The FreeBSD Newsletter, published and distributed free of charge by
Walnut Creek CDROM.</p>
<a name="qnewsletter"></a>
<h2><a href="news/qnewsletter.html">FreeBSD Real-Quick (TM) Newsletter (RQN)</a></h2>
<h2><a href="news/qnewsletter.html">FreeBSD Real-Quick (TM) Newsletter
(RQN)</a></h2>
<p>A monthly (sometimes bi-weekly) newsletter containing recent
developments in the FreeBSD arena. Subscribe to freebsd-announce to
receive this newsletter via e-mail.</p>
developments in the FreeBSD arena. Subscribe to freebsd-announce to
receive this newsletter via e-mail.</p>
<a name="handbook"></a>
<a name="handbook"></a>
<h2><a href="handbook/index.html">The FreeBSD Handbook</a></h2>
<p>This is an evolving, comprehensive on-line resource for
FreeBSD users. Please address comments and contributions
to <a
href="mailto:freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG"><tt>&lt;freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;</tt></a>.</p>
<p>This is an evolving, comprehensive on-line resource for FreeBSD users.
Please address comments and contributions to <a
href="mailto:freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG"><tt>&lt;freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;</tt></a>.</p>
<p>A <a href="&base/ja/handbook/">Japanese translation</a> of
the handbook (EUC encoding) is also available.</p>
<p>A <a href="&base/ja/handbook/">Japanese translation</a> of the handbook
(EUC encoding) is also available.</p>
<a name="faq"></a>
<a name="faq"></a>
<h2><a href="FAQ/FAQ.html">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</a></h2>
<p>If you have a question, chances are that someone else has
the same question. The most common of these have been
compiled here in a brief question-answer format. </p>
<p>If you have a question, chances are that someone else has the same
question. The most common of these have been compiled here in a brief
question-answer format.</p>
<p>&i.new; We now offer a <a href="&base/ru/FAQ/">Russian
translation</a> and a <a href="&base/zh/FAQ/">Chinese translation</a>
of the FAQ.</p>
<p>&i.new; We now offer a <a href="&base/ru/FAQ/">Russian translation</a>
and a <a href="&base/zh/FAQ/">Chinese translation</a> of the FAQ.</p>
<p>A <a href="&base/ja/FAQ/">Japanese translation</a> of
the FAQ (EUC encoding) is also available.</p>
<p>A <a href="&base/ja/FAQ/">Japanese translation</a> of
the FAQ (EUC encoding) is also available.</p>
<a name="tutorial"></a>
<a name="tutorial"></a>
<h2><a href="tutorials/">Tutorials</a></h2>
<p>Here lie assorted documents on various aspects of FreeBSD,
FreeBSD software, and hardware. If you have comments or
would like to contribute a document, please contact us at
<a href="mailto:freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org</a>.</p>
<p>Here lie assorted documents on various aspects of FreeBSD, FreeBSD
software, and hardware. If you have comments or would like to
contribute a document, please contact us at <a
href="mailto:freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org</a>.</p>
<a name="addresources"></a>
<h2>Additional Resources</h2>
<p>www.FreeBSD.org is not the only place to get information on FreeBSD
and various independent efforts have also produced a great deal
of useful information on FreeBSD:</p>
<h2>Additional Resources</h2>
<p>www.FreeBSD.org is not the only place to get information on FreeBSD and
various independent efforts have also produced a great deal of useful
information on FreeBSD:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="mailto:mckusick@mckusick.com">Kirk McKusick</a>, one
of the original architects of BSD at U.C. Berkeley, teaches two
<a href="http://www.mckusick.com/courses/">4.4BSD Kernel Internals</a>
courses using FreeBSD. For those unable to attend the courses in
person, a video tape series is also now available.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="mailto:mckusick@mckusick.com">Kirk McKusick</a>, one
of the original architects of BSD at U.C. Berkeley, teaches two <a
href="http://www.mckusick.com/courses/">4.4BSD Kernel
Internals</a> courses using FreeBSD. For those unable to attend
the courses in person, a video tape series is also now
available.</p></li>
<li><p>The <a
href="http://dmoz.org/Computers/Operating_Systems/Unix/FreeBSD/">Open
Directory Project</a> offers an excellent selection of links for
FreeBSD, including a list of <a
href="http://dmoz.org/Computers/Operating_Systems/Unix/FreeBSD/Prominent_Users/">prominent
users</a> which can be helpful for marketing purposes.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.computerbits.com/">Computer Bits</a>, an
Internet online magazine, has, since March 1996, been running an
excellent series of FreeBSD related articles in their column titled
<strong>The Network Community</strong>, by <a
href="mailto:tedm@agora.rdrop.com">Ted Mittelstaedt</a>.<br>
<li><p>The
<a href="http://dmoz.org/Computers/Operating_Systems/Unix/FreeBSD/">
Open Directory Project</a> offers an excellent selection of links
for FreeBSD, including a list of <a href="http://dmoz.org/Computers/Operating_Systems/Unix/FreeBSD/Prominent_Users/">prominent users</a> which can be
helpful for marketing purposes.</p></li>
These articles cover everything from setting up <a
href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/9603/lan9603.htm">a
FreeBSD based mail server</a> to doing <a
href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/9708/lan9708.htm">Network
Address Translation</a> for other hosts.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.computerbits.com/">Computer Bits</a>, an Internet
online magazine, has, since March 1996, been running an excellent series of
FreeBSD related articles in their column titled
<strong>The Network Community</strong>,
by <a href="mailto:tedm@agora.rdrop.com">Ted Mittelstaedt</a>.
<br>These articles cover everything from setting up
<a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/9603/lan9603.htm">a FreeBSD
based mail server</a> to doing
<a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/9708/lan9708.htm">
Network Address Translation</a> for other hosts.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/">A Comprehensive Guide
to FreeBSD</a> - an attempt at a more readable, "book-like"
tutorial explaining the FreeBSD Operating System. Intended for
people new to both FreeBSD and UNIX. Currently a work in
progress.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/">
A Comprehensive Guide to FreeBSD</a> - an attempt at a more readable,
"book-like" tutorial explaining the FreeBSD Operating System. Intended
for people new to both FreeBSD and UNIX. Currently a work in progress.
</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://flag.blackened.net/freebsd/">
FreeBSD How-To's for the Lazy and Hopeless</a> is another somewhat
more light-hearted attempt to provide more readable "how-to" style
information on setting up and configuring FreeBSD.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Linux+FreeBSD-mini-HOWTO.html">The Linux+FreeBSD mini-HOWTO</a> -
this document describes how to use Linux and FreeBSD on the same
system. It introduces FreeBSD and discusses how the two operating
systems can cooperate, e.g. by sharing swap space.
</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://flag.blackened.net/freebsd/">FreeBSD How-To's for
the Lazy and Hopeless</a> is another somewhat more light-hearted
attempt to provide more readable "how-to" style information on
setting up and configuring FreeBSD.</p></li>
<li><p><a
href="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Linux+FreeBSD-mini-HOWTO.html">The
Linux+FreeBSD mini-HOWTO</a> - this document describes how to use
Linux and FreeBSD on the same system. It introduces FreeBSD and
discusses how the two operating systems can cooperate, e.g. by
sharing swap space.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<a name="books"></a>
<h2><a href="handbook/bibliography.html">Books</a></h2>
<p>Online documentation is useful, but any serious FreeBSD
user should consider getting some of the books
listed here. Most books that cover BSD systems apply well
to FreeBSD.</p>
<p>Online documentation is useful, but any serious FreeBSD user should
consider getting some of the books listed here. Most books that cover
BSD systems apply well to FreeBSD.</p>
<a name="man"></a>
<h2><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi">
Manual Pages</a></h2>
<a name="man"></a>
<h2><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi">Manual Pages</a></h2>
<dl>
<dt><strong>FreeBSD</strong></dt>
<dd>For release:
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+1.0-RELEASE">1.0</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+1.1-RELEASE">1.1</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+1.1.5.1-RELEASE">1.1.5.1</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.0-RELEASE">2.0</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.0.5-RELEASE">2.0.5</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.1.0-RELEASE">2.1.0</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.1.5-RELEASE">2.1.5</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.1.6.1-RELEASE">2.1.6.1</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.1.7.1-RELEASE">2.1.7.1</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.2.1-RELEASE">2.2.1</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.2.2-RELEASE">2.2.2</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.2.5-RELEASE">2.2.5</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.2.6-RELEASE">2.2.6</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.2.7-RELEASE">2.2.7</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.2.8-RELEASE">2.2.8</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+3.0-RELEASE">3.0</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+3.1-RELEASE">3.1</a>,
<a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+4.0-current">4.0-current</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+Ports">Ports</a>.
</dd>
<dt><strong>FreeBSD</strong></dt>
<dd>For release:
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+1.0-RELEASE">1.0</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+1.1-RELEASE">1.1</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+1.1.5.1-RELEASE">1.1.5.1</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.0-RELEASE">2.0</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.0.5-RELEASE">2.0.5</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.1.0-RELEASE">2.1.0</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.1.5-RELEASE">2.1.5</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.1.6.1-RELEASE">2.1.6.1</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.1.7.1-RELEASE">2.1.7.1</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.2.1-RELEASE">2.2.1</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.2.2-RELEASE">2.2.2</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.2.5-RELEASE">2.2.5</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.2.6-RELEASE">2.2.6</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.2.7-RELEASE">2.2.7</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+2.2.8-RELEASE">2.2.8</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+3.0-RELEASE">3.0</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+3.1-RELEASE">3.1</a>,
<a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+4.0-current">4.0-current</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=FreeBSD+Ports">Ports</a>.</dd>
<dt><strong>Other Systems</strong></dt>
<dd>
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=v7">Unix Seventh Edition (V7)</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=2.8BSD">2.8BSD</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=2.9BSD">2.9.1BSD</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=2.10BSD">2.10BSD</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=2.11BSD">2.11BSD</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=4.3BSD+Reno">4.3BSD Reno</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=NET%2F2">NET/2</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=386BSD+0.1">386BSD 0.1</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=4.4BSD+Lite2">4.4BSD Lite2</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=linux">Linux Slackware</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=NetBSD">NetBSD</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=OpenBSD">OpenBSD</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=plan9">Plan 9</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=sunos4">SunOS 4.x</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=sunos5">SunOS 5.x</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=ultrix">ULTRIX 4.2</a>,
and
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=XFree86">XFree86</a>.
</dd>
<dt><strong>Other Systems</strong></dt>
<dd><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=v7">Unix Seventh Edition (V7)</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=2.8BSD">2.8BSD</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=2.9BSD">2.9.1BSD</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=2.10BSD">2.10BSD</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=2.11BSD">2.11BSD</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=4.3BSD+Reno">4.3BSD Reno</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=NET%2F2">NET/2</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=386BSD+0.1">386BSD 0.1</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=4.4BSD+Lite2">4.4BSD Lite2</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=linux">Linux Slackware</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=NetBSD">NetBSD</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=OpenBSD">OpenBSD</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=plan9">Plan 9</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=sunos4">SunOS 4.x</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=sunos5">SunOS 5.x</a>,
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=ultrix">ULTRIX 4.2</a>,
and <a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=XFree86">XFree86</a>.
</dd>
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<h2><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/">
4.4BSD Documents</a></h2>
<p>
If you like reading BSD manuals online, here is
a hypertext version of the 4.4BSD documents from
<a href="file:/usr/share/doc">/usr/share/doc</a>,
where you would find the documents on a FreeBSD machine
(if the doc distribution was installed).
<h2><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/"> 4.4BSD Documents</a></h2>
<p>If you like reading BSD manuals online, here is a hypertext version of
the 4.4BSD documents from <a
href="file:/usr/share/doc">/usr/share/doc</a>, where you would find
the documents on a FreeBSD machine (if the doc distribution was
installed).
<a name="info"></a>
<h2><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/info/">
Info Documents</a></h2>
<h2><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/info/">Info Documents</a></h2>
<p>
If you like reading FreeBSD Info documents online, here is
a hypertext version of the Info documents from
<a href="file:/usr/share/info">/usr/share/info</a>,
where you would find the Info documents on a FreeBSD machine
(if the info distribution was installed).
<p>If you like reading FreeBSD Info documents online, here is a hypertext
version of the Info documents from <a
href="file:/usr/share/info">/usr/share/info</a>, where you would find
the Info documents on a FreeBSD machine (if the info distribution was
installed).
<a name="source"></a>
<h2><a href="http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/FreeBSD-srctree/FreeBSD.html">The
Source Code</a></h2>
<p>If you like digging your fingers into source code, here is a hypertext
version of the FreeBSD <em>kernel</em> source. This is brought to you
courtesy of <a href="http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/warren.html">Warren
Toomey</a>.</p>
<a name="source"></a>
<h2><a href="http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/FreeBSD-srctree/FreeBSD.html">The Source Code</a></h2>
<a name="doc"></a>
<p>If you like digging your fingers into source code, here is
a hypertext version of the FreeBSD <em>kernel</em> source.
This is brought to you courtesy of <a
href="http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/warren.html">Warren
Toomey</a>.</p>
<a name="doc"></a>
<h2><a href="docproj/docproj.html">The FreeBSD Documentation Project</a></h2>
<h2><a href="docproj/docproj.html">The FreeBSD Documentation
Project</a></h2>
<h2><a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a></h2>
<p>The industry leader in BSD news.</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">FreeBSD ezine</a></h2>
<p>The FreeBSD 'zine is a monthly collection of easy to read (we hope)
articles written by FreeBSD users and administrators just like you.
</p>
articles written by FreeBSD users and administrators just like you.</p>
<p>Like FreeBSD itself, this documentation is the product of a volunteer
effort. The goals of the project are outlined here, as are the
procedures for submitting corrections and new material.</p>
<p>Like FreeBSD itself, this documentation is the product of
a volunteer effort. The goals of the project are outlined
here, as are the procedures for submitting corrections and
new material.</p>
<h2><a name="diary" href="http://www.freebsddiary.com/freebsd/">The
FreeBSD Diary</a></h2>
<h2><a name="diary" href="http://www.freebsddiary.com/freebsd/">The FreeBSD Diary</a></h2>
<p>The FreeBSD Diary is a collection of how-to entries aimed at UNIX
novices. The aim is to provide a set of step-by-step guides to
installing and configuring various ports.
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<h1>FreeBSD offers many advanced features.</h1>
<blockquote>
<p>No matter what the application, you want your system's resources
performing at their full potential. FreeBSD's advanced features
enable you to do just that.</p>
</blockquote>
<h1>FreeBSD offers many advanced features.</h1>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font
color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">A complete operating system based on
4.4BSD.</font></font>
<blockquote>
<p>No matter what the application, you want your system's resources performing
at their full potential. FreeBSD's advanced features enable you to do just
that.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>FreeBSD's distinguished roots derive from the latest <b>BSD</b>
software releases from the Computer Systems Research Group at the
University of California, Berkeley. The book <i>The Design and
Implementation of 4.4BSD Operating System</i>, written by the 4.4BSD
system architects, thus describes much of FreeBSD's core functionality
in detail.</p>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">A
complete operating system based on 4.4BSD.</font></font>
<p>Drawing on the skills and experience of a diverse and world-wide
group of volunteer developers, the FreeBSD Project has worked to
extend the feature set of the 4.4BSD operating system in many ways,
striving constantly to make each new release of the OS more stable,
faster and containing new functionality driven by user requests.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>FreeBSD's distinguished roots derive from the latest <b>BSD</b>
software releases from the Computer Systems Research Group at the
University of California, Berkeley. The book <i>The Design and Implementation
of 4.4BSD Operating System</i>, written by the 4.4BSD system architects,
thus describes much of FreeBSD's core functionality in detail.</p>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font
color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">FreeBSD provides higher performance,
greater compatibility with other operating systems and less system
administration.</font></font>
<p>Drawing on the skills and experience of a diverse and world-wide group of
volunteer developers, the FreeBSD Project has worked to extend the
feature set of the 4.4BSD operating system in many ways, striving constantly
to make each new release of the OS more stable, faster and containing new
functionality driven by user requests.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>FreeBSD's developers attacked some of the more difficult problems in
operating systems design to give you these advanced features:</p>
<ul>
<li><b>Bounce buffering</b> gets around a limitation in the PC's ISA
architecture that limits direct-memory access to the first 16
megabytes.
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">FreeBSD
provides higher performance, greater compatibility with other operating
systems and less system administration.</font></font>
<p><i>Result:</i> systems with more than 16 megabytes operate more
efficiently with DMA peripherals on the ISA bus.</li>
<blockquote>
<p>FreeBSD's developers attacked some of the more difficult problems in
operating systems design to give you these advanced features:</p>
<li><b>A merged virtual memory and filesystem buffer cache</b>
continuously tunes the amount of memory used for programs and the
disk cache.<p><i>Result:</i> programs receive both excellent memory
management and high performance disk access, and the system
administrator is freed from the task of tuning cache sizes.</li>
<li><b>Compatibility modules</b> enable programs for other operating
systems to run on FreeBSD, including programs for Linux, SCO,
NetBSD, and BSDI.
<p><i>Result:</i>&nbsp;users will not have to recompile programs
already compiled for one of the compatible OS's, and will have
access to a greater selection of off-the-shelf software, like the
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/FrontPage/">Microsoft FrontPage
Server</a> extensions for BSDI or <a
href="http://linux.corel.com/linux8/index.htm">WordPerfect</a>
for SCO.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Bounce buffering</b> gets around a limitation in the PC's ISA architecture
that limits direct-memory access to the first 16 megabytes.<p><i>Result:</i>
systems with more than 16 megabytes operate more efficiently with DMA
peripherals on the ISA bus.</li>
<li><b>Dynamically loadable kernel modules</b> allows new filesystem
types, networking protocols or binary emulators to be added to the
kernel at runtime without having to generate a new kernel image.
<li><b>A merged virtual memory and filesystem buffer cache</b>
continuously tunes the amount of memory used for programs and the disk
cache.<p><i>Result:</i> programs receive both excellent memory management
and high performance disk access,
and the system administrator is freed from the task of tuning cache sizes.</li>
<p><i>Result:</i> Much time can be saved and 3rd party vendors can
deliver complete subsystems as kernel modules without having to
distribute source or have lengthy installation procedures.</li>
<li><b>Compatibility modules</b> enable programs for other operating systems
to run on FreeBSD, including programs for Linux, SCO, NetBSD, and BSDI.
<p><i>Result:</i>&nbsp;users will not have to recompile programs already compiled
for one of the compatible OS's, and will have access to a greater selection
of off-the-shelf software, like the
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/FrontPage/">Microsoft FrontPage Server</a>
extensions for BSDI or
<a href="http://linux.corel.com/linux8/index.htm">WordPerfect</a>
for SCO.</li>
<li><b>Shared libraries</b> reduce the size of programs, saving disk
space and memory. FreeBSD uses an advanced shared library scheme
which offers many of the advantages of ELF, and the current version
offers ELF compatibility for both Linux and native FreeBSD
programs.</li>
</ul>
<li><b>Dynamically loadable kernel modules</b> allows new filesystem types,
networking protocols or binary emulators to be added to the kernel at
runtime without having to generate a new kernel image. <p><i>Result:</i>
Much time can be saved and 3rd party vendors can deliver complete subsystems
as kernel modules without having to distribute source or have lengthy
installation procedures.</li>
<p>Naturally, since FreeBSD is an ongoing effort, you can expect newer
features and higher levels of stability with each release.</p>
</blockquote>
<li><b>Shared libraries</b> reduce the size of programs, saving disk space
and memory. FreeBSD uses an advanced shared library scheme which offers
many of the advantages of ELF, and the current version offers ELF compatibility
for both Linux and native FreeBSD programs.</li>
</ul>
<h2>What experts have to say . . .</h2>
<blockquote>
<p><i>``FreeBSD has an outline-structured visual configuration editor
... you can enter the configuration of every device the OS supports
and can therefore get a successful installation on the first try
almost every time. IBM, Microsoft, and others would do well to
emulate FreeBSD's approach.''</i></p>
<p>Naturally, since FreeBSD is an ongoing effort, you can expect newer
features and higher levels of stability with each release.</p>
</blockquote>
<div align="right"><p>---Brett Glass, <i>Infoworld</i>, April 8
1996.</p></div>
</blockquote>
<h2>What experts have to say . . .</h2>
<blockquote>
<p><i>``FreeBSD has an outline-structured visual configuration editor ...
you can enter the configuration of every device the OS supports and can
therefore get a successful installation on the first try almost every time.
IBM, Microsoft, and others would do well to emulate FreeBSD's approach.''</i></p>
<div align="right"><p>---Brett Glass, <i>Infoworld</i>, April 8 1996.</p></div>
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<h1>FreeBSD was designed for the Internet</h1>
<blockquote>
<p>FreeBSD includes what many consider the <i>reference</i>
implementation for TCP/IP software, the 4.4 BSD TCP/IP protocol stack,
thereby making it ideal for network applications and the Internet.</p>
</blockquote>
<h1>FreeBSD was designed for the Internet</h1>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font
color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">FreeBSD supports standard TCP/IP
protocols.</font></font>
<blockquote><p>FreeBSD includes what many consider the <i>reference</i> implementation
for TCP/IP software, the 4.4 BSD TCP/IP protocol stack, thereby making it
ideal for network applications and the Internet.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>Like most UNIX systems, the FreeBSD operating system enables you
to</p>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">FreeBSD
supports standard TCP/IP protocols.</font></font>
<ul>
<li>Share filesystems with NFS</li>
<li>Distribute network information with NIS</li>
<li>Support remote logins</li>
<li>Do remote SNMP configuration and management</li>
<li>Serve files with FTP</li>
<li>Resolve Internet hostnames with DNS/BIND</li>
<li>Route packets between multiple interfaces, including PPP and SLIP
lines</li>
<li>Use IP Multicast services (the MBONE)</li>
</ul>
<p>FreeBSD lets you to turn a PC&nbsp;into a World Wide Web server or
Usenet news relay with included software. Using the included SAMBA
software you can even share filesystems or printers with your Win95
and NT machines and, with the supplied PCNFS authentication daemon,
you can support machines running PC/NFS. FreeBSD also supports
Appletalk and Novell client/server networking (using an <a
href="http://www.netcon.com/">optional commercial package</a>),
making it a true "Intranet" networking solution.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Like most UNIX systems, the FreeBSD operating system enables you to</p>
<p>FreeBSD also handles TCP extensions like the <a
href="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1323.html">RFC-1323</a>
high performance extension and <a
href="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1644.html">RFC-1644</a>
extension for transactions, plus SLIP and dial-on-demand PPP. It is
an operating system suitable for a home-based net surfer as well as a
corporate systems administrator.</p>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>Share filesystems with NFS</li>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font
color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">FreeBSD's networking is stable and
fast.</font></font>
<li>Distribute network information with NIS</li>
<blockquote>
<p>If you need an Internet server platform that is reliable and offers
the best performance under heavy load, then consider FreeBSD. Here
are just a few of the companies that make use of FreeBSD every
day:</p>
<li>Support remote logins</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CD-ROM</a> outside of
San Francisco runs one of the most popular <a
href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/">FTP&nbsp;server</a>s on the net, one
that supports over 2500 simultaneous connections. Their server is a
single FreeBSD machine, transferring more than 7 terabytes (as of
November, 1997; yes that is <i>terabytes</i>!) worth of files every
month. The <a
href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/archive-info/wcarchive.txt">configuration
details</a> are available to those interested in building
simililar systems.</li>
<li>Do remote SNMP configuration and management</li>
<li><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Inc.</a> runs the ultimate
index of the Internet, serving scads of daily net surfers with
information about the World Wide Web. Yahoo, as well the companies
that advertise on Yahoo, rely on FreeBSD to run reliable and
responsive web servers.</li>
<li>Serve files with FTP</li>
<li>If that is not enough, visit our <a
href="&base/gallery/gallery.html">Gallery</a> of satisfied FreeBSD
users.</li>
</ul>
<p>FreeBSD makes an ideal platform for these and other Internet
services:</p>
<ul>
<li>Company-wide or world-wide WWW service</li>
<li>Proxy WWW service</li>
<li>Anonymous FTP&nbsp;service</li>
<li>Enterprise file and print services</li>
</ul>
<p>The FreeBSD <a href="&base/ports/index.html">ports collection</a>
contains ready-to-run software that makes it easy to set up your own
Internet server.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font
color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">High performance <em>and</em>
security.</font></font>
<blockquote>
<p>The FreeBSD development team is as concerned about security as they
are about performance. FreeBSD includes kernel support for
IP&nbsp;firewalling, as well other services, such as IP proxy
gateways. If you put your corporate servers on the Internet, any 386
PC (or better) running FreeBSD can act as a network firewall to
protect them from outside attack.</p>
<p>Encryption software, secure shells, Kerberos, end-to-end encryption
and secure RPC facilities are also available (subject to export
restrictions).</p>
<li>Resolve Internet hostnames with DNS/BIND</li>
<p>Furthermore, the FreeBSD team is proactive in detecting and
disseminating security information and bug reports with a <a
href="mailto:security-officer@FreeBSD.ORG">security officer</a> and
ties to the Computer Emergency Response Team (<a
href="http://www.cert.org/">CERT</a>).</p>
</blockquote>
<li>Route packets between multiple interfaces, including PPP and SLIP lines</li>
<h2>What experts have to say . . .</h2>
<li>Use IP Multicast services (the MBONE)</li>
</ul>
<p>FreeBSD lets you to turn a PC&nbsp;into a World Wide Web server or Usenet
news relay with included software. Using the included SAMBA software you
can even share filesystems or printers with your Win95 and NT machines and,
with the supplied PCNFS authentication daemon, you can support machines
running PC/NFS. FreeBSD also supports Appletalk and Novell client/server
networking (using an <a href="http://www.netcon.com/">optional commercial
package</a>), making it a true "Intranet" networking solution.
</p>
<p>FreeBSD also handles TCP extensions like the <a href="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1323.html">RFC-1323</a>
high performance extension and <a href="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1644.html">RFC-1644</a>
extension for transactions, plus SLIP and dial-on-demand PPP. It is an operating
system suitable for a home-based net surfer as well as a corporate systems
administrator.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">FreeBSD's
networking is stable and fast.</font></font>
<blockquote>
<p>If you need an Internet server platform that is reliable and offers the
best performance under heavy load, then consider FreeBSD. Here are just a few
of the companies that make use of FreeBSD every day:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CD-ROM</a> outside of
San Francisco runs one of the most popular <a href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/">FTP&nbsp;server</a>s
on the net, one that supports over 2500 simultaneous connections. Their server
is a single FreeBSD machine, transferring more than 7 terabytes
(as of November, 1997; yes
that is <i>terabytes</i>!) worth of files every month. The
<a href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/archive-info/wcarchive.txt">configuration
details</a> are available to those interested in building simililar
systems.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Inc.</a> runs the ultimate index
of the Internet, serving scads of daily net surfers with information about
the World Wide Web. Yahoo, as well the companies that advertise on Yahoo,
rely on FreeBSD to run reliable and responsive web servers.</li>
<li>If that is not enough, visit our <a href="&base/gallery/gallery.html">Gallery</a>
of satisfied FreeBSD users.</li>
</ul>
<p>FreeBSD makes an ideal platform for these and other Internet services:</p>
<ul>
<li>Company-wide or world-wide WWW service</li>
<li>Proxy WWW service</li>
<li>Anonymous FTP&nbsp;service</li>
<li>Enterprise file and print services</li>
</ul>
<p>The FreeBSD <a href="&base/ports/index.html">ports collection</a>
contains ready-to-run software that makes it easy to set up your own Internet
server.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">High
performance <em>and</em> security.</font></font>
<blockquote>
<p>The FreeBSD development team is as concerned about security as they
are about performance. FreeBSD includes kernel support for IP&nbsp;firewalling,
as well other services, such as IP proxy gateways. If you put your corporate
servers on the Internet, any 386 PC (or better) running FreeBSD can act as
a network firewall to protect them from outside attack.</p>
<p>Encryption software, secure shells, Kerberos, end-to-end encryption
and secure RPC facilities are also available (subject to export
restrictions).</p>
<p>Furthermore, the FreeBSD team is proactive in detecting and disseminating
security information and bug reports with a
<a href="mailto:security-officer@FreeBSD.ORG">security officer</a> and
ties to the Computer Emergency Response Team
(<a href="http://www.cert.org/">CERT</a>).</p>
</blockquote>
<h2>What experts have to say . . .</h2>
<blockquote>
<p><i>``FreeBSD ... provides what is probably the most robust and capable
TCP/IP stack in existence ...''</i></p>
<div align="right"><p>---Michael O'Brien, <i>SunExpert </i>August 1996 volume
7 number 8.</p></div>
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<div align="right"><p>---Michael O'Brien, <i>SunExpert </i>August 1996
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freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.</p>
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href="&base/tutorials/">Tutorials</a>) should be addressed to the
members of the FreeBSD Documentation Project, <a
href="mailto:freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.</p>
<h2>Other FreeBSD Mailing Lists</h2>
<p><a href="support.html#mailing-list">Mailing lists</a> are
the primary support channel for FreeBSD users, with numerous
mailing lists covering different topic areas.
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<p><a href="support.html#mailing-list">Mailing lists</a> are the primary
support channel for FreeBSD users, with numerous mailing lists covering
different topic areas. Several non-English mailing lists are also
available.</p>
<h2>Snail mail, phone and fax</h2>
For CDROM orders:
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Walnut Creek CDROM</a><br>
For commercial support:
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The FreeBSD Mall</a><br>
For CDROM orders: <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/info/contact.phtml">Walnut
Creek CDROM</a><br>
For commercial support: <a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/contact/">The
FreeBSD Mall</a><br>
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Here you'll find the covers of many FreeBSD related publications. If you
know of any additional FreeBSD publications/CDROMs let us know, at <a
href="mailto:www@freebsd.org">www@freebsd.org</a>, so that they may be
added to this site.
<p>
Click on any of the graphics to see a larger version.
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Here you'll find the covers of many FreeBSD related publications. If you know of any additional FreeBSD publications/CDROMs
let us know, at <a href="mailto:www@freebsd.org">www@freebsd.org</a>, so that they may be added to this site.
<p>
Click on any of the graphics to see a larger version.
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<h2>Books</h2>
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<h2>Books</h2>
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<td><a href="gifs/jpb.jpg"><img src="gifs/jp.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="190"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/jpb.jpg"><img src="gifs/jp.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="190"></a></td><td>This is a recent (May 1997) publication from Tatsumi Hosokawa and
others. Among computer books, it is a top-seller in Japan and
exceeded the sales of Bill Gates' "The Road Ahead" when published
(it was #2, this book was #1).</td></tr>
<td>This is a recent (May 1997) publication from Tatsumi Hosokawa and
others. Among computer books, it is a top-seller in Japan and
exceeded the sales of Bill Gates' "The Road Ahead" when published
(it was #2, this book was #1).</td>
</tr>
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<td><a href="gifs/205-jpb.jpg"><img src="gifs/205-jp.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="208"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/205-jpb.jpg"><img src="gifs/205-jp.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="208"></a></td><td>(Japanese FreeBSD book with 2.0.5, titled "FreeBSD: Fun and easy Installation")</td></tr>
<td>(Japanese FreeBSD book with 2.0.5, titled "FreeBSD: Fun and easy
Installation")</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/pc98-jpb.jpg"><img src="gifs/pc98-jp.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="194"></a></td><td>(Japanese FreeBSD book with 2.0.5, titled "FreeBSD Introductory Kit")</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/pc98-jpb.jpg"><img src="gifs/pc98-jp.jpg"
WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="194"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/comp_b.jpg"><IMG SRC="gifs/complete.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="228"></a></td>
<td>This is Walnut Creek CDROM's "FreeBSD Complete"
with installation guide, manual pages and 2 installation
CDs inside.
</td></tr>
<td>(Japanese FreeBSD book with 2.0.5, titled "FreeBSD Introductory
Kit")</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/runningb.jpg"><img src="gifs/running.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="210"></a></td><td>This is Walnut Creek CDROM's "Installing & Running FreeBSD",
a product which contained installation instructions and was
shipped with each 2 CD set. It has since been replaced by
the larger "FreeBSD Complete" book.
</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/twb.jpg"><img src="gifs/tw.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="200"></a></td><td>This book was recently published (early 1997) in Taiwan.
Its title is "FreeBSD: introduction and applications"
and the author is Jian-Da Li.
</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/getstarb.jpg"><img src="gifs/getstart.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="188"></a></td><td>This is the "Getting Started with FreeBSD" from Fuki-Shuppan.
Other than the standard installation guide and Japanese environment,
it emphasizes system administration and low-level information (such
as the boot process, etc.) FreeBSD-2.2.2R and XFree86-3.2 on
CDROM. 264 pages, 3,400 yen.
</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/starkitb.jpg"><img src="gifs/starkit.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="235"></a></td><td>The "Personal Unix Starter Kit - FreeBSD" from ASCII. Includes
history of Unix, a guide to build a Japanese documentation processing
system and how to create ports. 2.1.7.1R and XFree86-3.2 in CDROM.
384 pages, 3,000 yen.
</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/bsdmb.jpg"><img src="gifs/bsdm.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="235"></a></td><td>BSD mit Methode, M. Schulze, B. Roehrig, M. Hoelzer und andere,
C&amp;L Computer und Literatur Verlag, 1998, 850 pages.
2 CDROMs, FreeBSD 2.2.6, NetBSD 1.2.1 and 1.3.2, OpenBSD 2.2
and 2.3. DM 98,-.
</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/instmanb.jpg"><IMG SRC="gifs/instman.jpg"
WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="200"></a></td><td>This is the "FreeBSD Install and
utilization manual" from Mainichi Communications. General
introduction to FreeBSD from installation to utilization with
troubleshooting under the supervision of the user group in
Japan. 2.2.7-RELEASE FreeBSD(98)2.2.7-Rev01 PAO and distfiles in
CDROM. 472 pages, 3,600yen.
</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/urmb.jpg"><IMG SRC="gifs/urm.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="220"></a></td><td>The "FreeBSD User's Reference Manual" from
Mainichi Communications, under the supervision of "jpman project",
the manual transtation project by the user group in Japan.
Japanese edition of the section 1 of the FreeBSD manual. 2.2.7-RELEASE
FreeBSD(98)2.2.7-Rev01 and PAO in CDROM. 1,040 pages, 3,800yen.
</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/samb.jpg"><IMG SRC="gifs/sam.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="220"></a></td><td>The "FreeBSD System Administrator's Manual"
from Mainichi Communications, under the supervision of "jpman project",
the manual translation project by the user group in Japan.
Japanese edition of the section 5 and 8 of the FreeBSD manual.
756 pages, 3,300yen.
</td></tr>
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<td><a href="gifs/comp_b.jpg"><IMG SRC="gifs/complete.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="228"></a></td>
<td>This is Walnut Creek CDROM's "FreeBSD Complete" with installation
guide, manual pages and 2 installation CDs inside.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/runningb.jpg"><img src="gifs/running.jpg"
WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="210"></a></td>
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<h2>CDROMs</h2>For more about recent releases go to <a href="releases/index.html">FreeBSD release information
page</a>.<p>
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<tr><td><a href="gifs/bsdiscb.jpg"><img src="gifs/bsdisc.jpg" height="141"
width="150"></a></td><td>This is InfoMagic's BSDisc, containing FreeBSD 2.0 and NetBSD 1.0 on
a single CD. This is the only example I have which had cover art.
</td></tr>
<td>This is Walnut Creek CDROM's "Installing & Running FreeBSD", a
product which contained installation instructions and was shipped
with each 2 CD set. It has since been replaced by the larger
"FreeBSD Complete" book.</td>
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<td><a href="gifs/twb.jpg"><img src="gifs/tw.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="200"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-44lite2b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-44lite2.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="142"></a></td><td>This is the original 4.4 BSD Lite2 release from UC Berkeley,
the core technology behind much of FreeBSD.
</td></tr>
<td>This book was recently published (early 1997) in Taiwan. Its title
is "FreeBSD: introduction and applications" and the author is
Jian-Da Li.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/getstarb.jpg"><img src="gifs/getstart.jpg"
WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="188"></a></td>
<td>This is the "Getting Started with FreeBSD" from Fuki-Shuppan.
Other than the standard installation guide and Japanese environment,
it emphasizes system administration and low-level information (such
as the boot process, etc.) FreeBSD-2.2.2R and XFree86-3.2 on CDROM.
264 pages, 3,400 yen.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/starkitb.jpg"><img src="gifs/starkit.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="235"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/las512b.jpg"><img src="gifs/las512.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="171"></a></td><td>The first of Laser5's "BSD" series. Contains FreeBSD-2.0.5R, NetBSD-1.0,
XFree86-3.1.1 and FreeBSD(98) kernel.</td></tr>
<td>The "Personal Unix Starter Kit - FreeBSD" from ASCII. Includes
history of Unix, a guide to build a Japanese documentation
processing system and how to create ports. 2.1.7.1R and XFree86-3.2
in CDROM. 384 pages, 3,000 yen.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/bsdmb.jpg"><img src="gifs/bsdm.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="235"></a></td>
<td>BSD mit Methode, M. Schulze, B. Roehrig, M. Hoelzer und andere,
C&amp;L Computer und Literatur Verlag, 1998, 850 pages. 2 CDROMs,
FreeBSD 2.2.6, NetBSD 1.2.1 and 1.3.2, OpenBSD 2.2 and 2.3. DM
98,-.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/las523b.jpg"><img src="gifs/las523.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="132"></a></td><td>The second of Laser5's "BSD" series. From this version, the CDs come
in a standard jewel box. Contains FreeBSD-2.1R, NetBSD-1.1,
XFree86-3.1.2 and 3.1.2A, and FreeBSD(98) kernel (2.0.5).
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/instmanb.jpg"><IMG SRC="gifs/instman.jpg"
WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="200"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/las5b.jpg"><img src="gifs/las5.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="128"></a></td><td>This is the Laser5 Japanese edition of the
FreeBSD CDROM. It is a 4 CD set.
</td></tr>
<td>This is the "FreeBSD Install and utilization manual" from Mainichi
Communications. General introduction to FreeBSD from installation
to utilization with troubleshooting under the supervision of the
user group in Japan. 2.2.7-RELEASE FreeBSD(98)2.2.7-Rev01 PAO and
distfiles in CDROM. 472 pages, 3,600yen.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/phtb.jpg"><img src="gifs/pht.jpg" HEIGHT="150" WIDTH="151"></a></td><td>This is the only FreeBSD CD Pacific Hitech produced before merging their
product line with that of Walnut Creek CDROM. PHT now also produces the
FreeBSD/J (Japanese) CD product.</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/urmb.jpg"><IMG SRC="gifs/urm.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="220"></a></td>
<tr><td><a name="221cd"></a><a href="gifs/coverb.jpg"><img src="gifs/cover.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150"></a></td><td>This is the cover disc from the Korean <a href="#magazines">magazine</a>.
Note the creative cover art! The CD contains the FreeBSD 2.2.1 release
with some local additions.</td></tr>
<td>The "FreeBSD User's Reference Manual" from Mainichi
Communications, under the supervision of "jpman project", the manual
transtation project by the user group in Japan. Japanese edition of
the section 1 of the FreeBSD manual. 2.2.7-RELEASE
FreeBSD(98)2.2.7-Rev01 and PAO in CDROM. 1,040 pages, 3,800yen.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-10b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-10.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="143"></a></td><td>This is it - the very first FreeBSD CD published! Both the FreeBSD
Project and Walnut Creek CDROM were fairly young back then, and you'll
probably have little difficulty in spotting the differences in production
quality between then and now.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/samb.jpg"><IMG SRC="gifs/sam.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="220"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-11b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-11.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150"></a></td><td>This was the second FreeBSD CD published by Walnut Creek CDROM and also the
very last on the 1.x branch (ref USL/Novell lawsuit and settlement). The next release, FreeBSD 1.1.5, was only
available on the net.
</td></tr>
<td>The "FreeBSD System Administrator's Manual" from Mainichi
Communications, under the supervision of "jpman project", the manual
translation project by the user group in Japan. Japanese edition of
the section 5 and 8 of the FreeBSD manual. 756 pages, 3,300yen.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<a name="cdroms"></a>
<h2>CDROMs</h2>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-blunb.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-blun.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td><td>This unusual CD is something of a collector's item now given that almost
all existing examples were systematically tracked down and destroyed.
For more about recent releases go to <a
href="releases/index.html">FreeBSD release information page</a>.
An artwork mishap has this CD dated for the wrong year, and on the spine
"January" is also misspelled as "Jaunary", just to increase the embarrassment
factor. Ah, the perils of turning in one's artwork just hours before leaving for
a trade show.
</td></tr>
<p>
<table border="5" CELLPADDING="15">
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/bsdiscb.jpg"><img src="gifs/bsdisc.jpg" height="141"
width="150"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-200b.jpg"><img SRc="gifs/wc-200.jpg" width="150" HEIGHT="149"></a></td><td>This is the fixed-up version of the FreeBSD 2.0 CD.
Note that the color scheme has even been changed in the corrected version,
something unusual for a fixup and perhaps done to distance it from the
earlier mistake. </td></tr>
<td>This is InfoMagic's BSDisc, containing FreeBSD 2.0 and NetBSD 1.0
on a single CD. This is the only example I have which had cover
art.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-205b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-205.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="151"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 2.0.5 release CD. This was the first CD to feature Tatsumi Hosokawa's daemon
artwork.</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-44lite2b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-44lite2.jpg"
WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="142"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-21b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-21.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="149"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 2.1 release CD. This was the first CD release on the 2.1 branch
(the last being 2.1.7).</td></tr>
<td>This is the original 4.4 BSD Lite2 release from UC Berkeley, the
core technology behind much of FreeBSD.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-215b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-215.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="149"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 2.1.5 release CD.</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/las512b.jpg"><img src="gifs/las512.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="171"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-216b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-216.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 2.1.6 release CD.</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-216jpb.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-216jp.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150"></a></td><td>The Japanese version of 2.1.6. This was the first and last Japanese
localized version published by WC, responsibility for that product then
transitioning to a team led by Tatsumi Hosokawa and sponsored by
Pacific Hitech and Laser5.
</td></tr>
<td>The first of Laser5's "BSD" series. Contains FreeBSD-2.0.5R,
NetBSD-1.0, XFree86-3.1.1 and FreeBSD(98) kernel.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-217b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-217.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="149"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 2.1.7 release CD. Also the last CD released on the 2.1.x
branch. Done primarily as a security fixup for 2.1.6
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/las523b.jpg"><img src="gifs/las523.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="132"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-22snapb.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-22snap.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td><td>An early release SNAPshot of 2.2 (done before 2.2.1 was released).
</td></tr>
<td>The second of Laser5's "BSD" series. From this version, the CDs
come in a standard jewel box. Contains FreeBSD-2.1R, NetBSD-1.1,
XFree86-3.1.2 and 3.1.2A, and FreeBSD(98) kernel (2.0.5).</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-221b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-221.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 2.2.1 release CD. This was the first CD on the 2.2 branch.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/las5b.jpg"><img src="gifs/las5.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="128"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-222b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-222.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="152"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 2.2.2 release CD.
</td></tr>
<td>This is the Laser5 Japanese edition of the FreeBSD CDROM. It is a
4 CD set.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/phtb.jpg"><img src="gifs/pht.jpg" HEIGHT="150"
WIDTH="151"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-30snab.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-30sna.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD 3.0 snapshot CD.
</td></tr>
<td>This is the only FreeBSD CD Pacific Hitech produced before merging
their product line with that of Walnut Creek CDROM. PHT now also
produces the FreeBSD/J (Japanese) CD product.</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a name="221cd"></a><a href="gifs/coverb.jpg"><img
src="gifs/cover.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/wc-docsb.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-docs.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td><td>The FreeBSD mailing list and newsgroup archives, turned into HTML and
semi-indexed by thread. This product ran for 2 releases and then stopped
with a thud once it became obvious that there was simply too much data to
deal with on one CD. Perhaps when DVD becomes more popular...
</td></tr>
<td>This is the cover disc from the Korean <a
href="#magazines">magazine</a>. Note the creative cover art! The
CD contains the FreeBSD 2.2.1 release with some local
additions.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-10b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-10.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="143"></a></td>
<a name="magazines"></a>
<h2>Magazines</h2>
<table border="5" cellpadding="15">
<tr><td><a href="gifs/krb.jpg"><img src="gifs/kr.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="213"></a></td><td>Cover of Korean UNIX magazine, May 1997 issue.
Also included <a HREf="#221cd">FreeBSD 2.2.1</a> with cover CDs.
</td></tr>
<td>This is it - the very first FreeBSD CD published! Both the
FreeBSD Project and Walnut Creek CDROM were fairly young back then,
and you'll probably have little difficulty in spotting the
differences in production quality between then and now.
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/unixuserb.jpg"><img src="gifs/unixuser.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="199"></a></td><td>UNIX User Magazine
November 1996 issue.
Also included FreeBSD 2.1.5 on cover CD.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-11b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-11.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="150"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/fullcourse3b.jpg"><img src="gifs/fullcourse3.jpg" WIDTH="149" HEIGHT="193"></a></td><td>This is the "FreeBSD Full Course" special in April 1997's Software
Design (published by Gijutsu Hyoron Sha). There are 80 pages of
FreeBSD articles covering everything from installation to tracking
-current.
</td></tr>
<td>This was the second FreeBSD CD published by Walnut Creek CDROM and
also the very last on the 1.x branch (ref USL/Novell lawsuit and
settlement). The next release, FreeBSD 1.1.5, was only available on
the net.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-blunb.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-blun.jpg"
WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td>
<td>This unusual CD is something of a collector's item now given that
almost all existing examples were systematically tracked down and
destroyed. An artwork mishap has this CD dated for the wrong year,
and on the spine "January" is also misspelled as "Jaunary", just to
increase the embarrassment factor. Ah, the perils of turning in
one's artwork just hours before leaving for a trade show.
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/smart-reseller.jpg"><img src="gifs/smart-reseller-small.jpg" WIDTH="149" HEIGHT="193"></a></td><td>
<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/issue/0,4537,349576,00.html">Quality Unix for FREE</a>, by Brett Glass
in <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/">Sm@rt Reseller Online</a>
September 1998
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-200b.jpg"><img SRc="gifs/wc-200.jpg" width="150"
HEIGHT="149"></a></td>
</td></tr>
</table>
<td>This is the fixed-up version of the FreeBSD 2.0 CD. Note that the
color scheme has even been changed in the corrected version,
something unusual for a fixup and perhaps done to distance it from
the earlier mistake.</td>
</tr>
<a name="newsletter"></a>
<h2>Newsletters</h2>
<table border="5" cellpadding="15">
<tr><td><a href="gifs/newsletb.jpg"><img src="gifs/newslett.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="194"></a>
</td><td>This is
<a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/newsletter1/">issue #1</a>
of the FreeBSD Newsletter, published and distributed free of charge by
<a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a>.
You can
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/register.html">register</a> to receive it.
Submit articles/make comments by sending email to
<a href="mailto:newsletter@FreeBSD.ORG">newsletter@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-205b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-205.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="151"></a></td>
<tr><td><a href="gifs/newslet2b.jpg"><img src="gifs/newslet2.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="194"></a>
</td><td>This is
<a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/newsletter2/">issue #2</a>
of the FreeBSD Newsletter, published and distributed free of charge by
<a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a>.
You can
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/register.html">register</a> to receive it.
Submit articles/make comments by sending email to
<a href="mailto:newsletter@FreeBSD.ORG">newsletter@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.
</td></tr>
</table>
<td>The FreeBSD 2.0.5 release CD. This was the first CD to feature
Tatsumi Hosokawa's daemon artwork.</td>
</tr>
<address><a href="./mailto.html">questions@FreeBSD.ORG</a><br>
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<td><a href="gifs/wc-21b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-21.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="149"></a></td>
<td>The FreeBSD 2.1 release CD. This was the first CD release on the
2.1 branch (the last being 2.1.7).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-215b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-215.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="149"></a></td>
<td>The FreeBSD 2.1.5 release CD.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-216b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-216.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="148"></a></td>
<td>The FreeBSD 2.1.6 release CD.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-216jpb.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-216jp.jpg"
WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="150"></a></td>
<td>The Japanese version of 2.1.6. This was the first and last
Japanese localized version published by WC, responsibility for that
product then transitioning to a team led by Tatsumi Hosokawa and
sponsored by Pacific Hitech and Laser5.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-217b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-217.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="149"></a></td>
<td>The FreeBSD 2.1.7 release CD. Also the last CD released on the
2.1.x branch. Done primarily as a security fixup for 2.1.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-22snapb.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-22snap.jpg"
WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td>
<td>An early release SNAPshot of 2.2 (done before 2.2.1 was
released).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-221b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-221.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="148"></a></td>
<td>The FreeBSD 2.2.1 release CD. This was the first CD on the 2.2
branch.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-222b.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-222.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="152"></a></td>
<td>The FreeBSD 2.2.2 release CD.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-30snab.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-30sna.jpg"
WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td>
<td>The FreeBSD 3.0 snapshot CD.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/wc-docsb.jpg"><img src="gifs/wc-docs.jpg"
WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="148"></a></td>
<td>The FreeBSD mailing list and newsgroup archives, turned into HTML
and semi-indexed by thread. This product ran for 2 releases and
then stopped with a thud once it became obvious that there was
simply too much data to deal with on one CD. Perhaps when DVD
becomes more popular...
</td></tr>
</table>
<a name="magazines"></a>
<h2>Magazines</h2>
<table border="5" cellpadding="15">
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/krb.jpg"><img src="gifs/kr.jpg" WIDTH="150"
HEIGHT="213"></a></td>
<td>Cover of Korean UNIX magazine, May 1997 issue. Also included <a
HREf="#221cd">FreeBSD 2.2.1</a> with cover CDs.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/unixuserb.jpg"><img src="gifs/unixuser.jpg"
WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="199"></a></td>
<td>UNIX User Magazine November 1996 issue. Also included FreeBSD
2.1.5 on cover CD.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/fullcourse3b.jpg"><img src="gifs/fullcourse3.jpg"
WIDTH="149" HEIGHT="193"></a></td>
<td>This is the "FreeBSD Full Course" special in April 1997's Software
Design (published by Gijutsu Hyoron Sha). There are 80 pages of
FreeBSD articles covering everything from installation to tracking
-current.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/smart-reseller.jpg"><img
src="gifs/smart-reseller-small.jpg" WIDTH="149"
HEIGHT="193"></a></td>
<td><a
href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/issue/0,4537,349576,00.html">Quality
Unix for FREE</a>, by Brett Glass in <a
href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/">Sm@rt Reseller Online</a>
September 1998</td>
</tr>
</table>
<a name="newsletter"></a>
<h2>Newsletters</h2>
<table border="5" cellpadding="15">
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/newsletb.jpg"><img src="gifs/newslett.jpg"
WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="194"></a></td>
<td>This is <a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/newsletter1/">issue
#1</a> of the FreeBSD Newsletter, published and distributed free
of charge by <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a>.
You can <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/register.html">register</a>
to receive it. Submit articles/make comments by sending email to
<a href="mailto:newsletter@FreeBSD.ORG">newsletter@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="gifs/newslet2b.jpg"><img src="gifs/newslet2.jpg"
WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="194"></a></td>
<td>This is <a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/newsletter2/">issue
#2</a> of the FreeBSD Newsletter, published and distributed free
of charge by <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a>.
You can <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/register.html">register</a>
to receive it. Submit articles/make comments by sending email to
<a href="mailto:newsletter@FreeBSD.ORG">newsletter@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.
</td>
</tr>
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<p>Detailed descriptions of past, present, and future releases. Look here
first to determine what the latest version of FreeBSD is.</p>
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<h2><a href="handbook/install.html">Installing FreeBSD</a></h2>
<p>There are many options for installing FreeBSD, including installation
from CDROM, floppy disk, an MS-DOS partition, magnetic tape, anonymous
ftp, and NFS. Please read through the <a
href="handbook/install.html">installation guide</a> before downloading
the entire FreeBSD distribution. If you are installing on a machine
connected to the Internet, you may only need to download a single
installation disk image!</p>
<p>Detailed descriptions of past, present, and future releases. Look here
first to determine what the latest version of FreeBSD is.</p>
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<h2><a href="handbook/install.html">Installing FreeBSD</a></h2>
<p>There are many options for installing FreeBSD, including
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magnetic tape, anonymous ftp, and NFS. Please read through
the <a href="handbook/install.html">installation guide</a>
before downloading the entire FreeBSD distribution. If you
are installing on a machine connected to the Internet, you
may only need to download a single installation disk image!</p>
<a name="distribution"></a>
<h2>Distribution Sites</h2>
<p>The official sources for FreeBSD are:
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<a name="distribution"></a>
<h2>Distribution Sites</h2>
<p>The official sources for FreeBSD are:
<ul>
<li>Anonymous ftp from <a
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD</a>:
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD</a>:
<ul>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/2.2.8-RELEASE">FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/3.2-RELEASE">FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</li>
<li>Anonymous ftp from one of the numerous <a
href="handbook/mirrors.html"><strong>mirror
sites</strong></a></li>
<li>On <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/titles/freebsd/">CD-ROM</a> from <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek
CDROM</a></li>
href="handbook/mirrors.html"><strong>mirror sites</strong></a></li>
<li>On <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/titles/freebsd/">CD-ROM</a> from
<a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a></li>
</ul>
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href="releases/">release information page</a>.
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release of FreeBSD-current (AKA 4.0-current), aimed at developers
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server</a> FTP site. This site also contains daily snapshots of
the 2.2-stable branch.</p>
<a name="apps"></a>
<h2>Applications and Utility Software</h2>
release of FreeBSD-current (AKA 4.0-current), aimed at developers and
bleeding-edge testers only, then please see the <a
href="ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/">daily snapshot
server</a> FTP site. This site also contains daily snapshots of the
2.2-stable branch.</p>
<a name="apps"></a>
<h2>Applications and Utility Software</h2>
<h3>The Packages collection</h3>
<p>The FreeBSD packages are a diverse collection of utility
and application software that has been ported to FreeBSD.
The packages are pre-compiled binaries ready to drop into
your system and run.</p>
<p>The FreeBSD packages are a diverse collection of utility and
application software that has been ported to FreeBSD. The packages are
pre-compiled binaries ready to drop into your system and run.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/packages">Packages
for FreeBSD-current</a></li>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/2.2-stable/packages">Packages for FreeBSD 2.2-stable</a></li>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/3.2-stable/packages">Packages for FreeBSD 3.2-stable</a></li>
<li><a
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/packages">Packages for FreeBSD-current</a></li>
<li><a
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/2.2-stable/packages">Packages for FreeBSD 2.2-stable</a></li>
<li><a
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/3.2-stable/packages">Packages for FreeBSD 3.2-stable</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>The Ports collection</h3>
<p>The Ports collection is like the packages collection but
instead of compiled binaries, the necessary patches and
makefiles to compile the source code are provided. For
software with important configuration that must be done at
compile time, the "port" version may be more useful than
the "package" version.</p>
<h3>The Ports collection</h3>
<p>The Ports collection is like the packages collection but instead of
compiled binaries, the necessary patches and makefiles to compile the
source code are provided. For software with important configuration
that must be done at compile time, the "port" version may be more useful
than the "package" version.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports-current">Ports
@ -91,41 +100,36 @@ CDROM</a></li>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/2.2.8-RELEASE/ports">Ports
for FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE</a></li>
<li><a href="ports/index.html">WWW interface
to Ports for FreeBSD-current</a></li>
</ul>
<p>For information about how <em>you</em> can contribute <em>your</em>
favorite piece of software to the port collection, have a look at <em><a
href="handbook/porting.html">Porting applications</a></em> and
<em><a href="handbook/contrib.html">Contributing to FreeBSD</a></em> in
the <a href="handbook"><em>FreeBSD handbook</em></a>.
<p>For information about how <em>you</em> can contribute
<em>your</em> favorite piece of software to the port
collection, have a look at <em><a
href="handbook/porting.html">Porting
applications</a></em> and <em><a
href="handbook/contrib.html">Contributing to
FreeBSD</a></em> in the <a
href="handbook"><em>FreeBSD handbook</em></a>.
<h3>Commercial software</h3>
<h3>Commercial software</h3>
<p>Beginning with FreeBSD <a href="releases/">Release
2.0.5</a>, FreeBSD includes demo versions of some
commercial as well as some shareware products. In
addition to the demos available in the FreeBSD
distribution, a number of other commercial vendors offer
software products specifically for FreeBSD.</p>
<p>Beginning with FreeBSD <a href="releases/">Release 2.0.5</a>, FreeBSD
includes demo versions of some commercial as well as some shareware
products. In addition to the demos available in the FreeBSD
distribution, a number of other commercial vendors offer software
products specifically for FreeBSD.</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/2.2.8-RELEASE/commerce">Commercial
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<p>As management understanding of the Year 2000 problem (aka, "The
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official statements from the vendors of their hardware and software
as to how their product will handle the year 2000 date rollover.</p>
official statements from the vendors of their hardware and software as
to how their product will handle the year 2000 date rollover.</p>
<p>Organizations that use unix and unix like operating systems
such as FreeBSD are already one step ahead of the problem. FreeBSD
will properly maintain time long after year 2000 passes.</p>
<h2>Background information</h2>
<p>Organizations that use unix and unix like operating systems such as
FreeBSD are already one step ahead of the problem. FreeBSD will
properly maintain time long after year 2000 passes.</p>
<h2>Background information</h2>
<p><i>(This section based on the text from the <a
href="http://www.linux.org.uk/mbug.html">Linux Y2K compliance
page</a>)</i></p>
<p>As with all Unix and Unixlike operating systems, time and dates in
FreeBSD are represented internally as the number of seconds since the
1st of January 1970 (the Unix "epoch"). Currently, that figure is stored
as a 32 bit integer, and will run out part way through 2038. By then we
should (hopefully) be using a counter of 64 bits (or greater) which
should be good until the end of the universe.</p>
1st of January 1970 (the Unix "epoch"). Currently, that figure is
stored as a 32 bit integer, and will run out part way through 2038. By
then we should (hopefully) be using a counter of 64 bits (or greater)
which should be good until the end of the universe.</p>
<p>Note that the OS being Y2K compliant will not fix errant
applications that are not Y2K compliant.</p>
<p>Note that the OS being Y2K compliant will not fix errant applications
that are not Y2K compliant.</p>
<p>Note also that the OS expects to read the current date and time from
the CMOS clock of your computer. Not all of these devices correctly
handle the year 2000. You are advised to test each platform individually
to ensure that your hardware clock behaves correctly when going from
1999 to 2000, and that it correctly interprets the year 2000 as a leap
year.</p>
the CMOS clock of your computer. Not all of these devices correctly
handle the year 2000. You are advised to test each platform
individually to ensure that your hardware clock behaves correctly when
going from 1999 to 2000, and that it correctly interprets the year 2000
as a leap year.</p>
<h2>What you can do</h2>
<h2>What you can do</h2>
<p>FreeBSD will continue to properly maintain time well into the
next century. Third party applications, however, might not.
Your best defense against year 2000 issues is a good
offense. Listening to stories claiming the coming meltdown of
the world as we know it are <strong>not</strong> the way to
solve the millennium bug. Nor is waiting until the last
minute. The FreeBSD Project recommends that your organization
apply sound system administration principles as the millennium
approaches.</p>
<p>FreeBSD will continue to properly maintain time well into the next
century. Third party applications, however, might not. Your best
defense against year 2000 issues is a good offense. Listening to
stories claiming the coming meltdown of the world as we know it are
<strong>not</strong> the way to solve the millennium bug. Nor is
waiting until the last minute. The FreeBSD Project recommends that your
organization apply sound system administration principles as the
millennium approaches.</p>
<p>There are tests that you can perform to see how your system will
respond. Set your clock to a few minutes before midnight on New
Year's Eve and watch the system time. Your system should display
the year as 2000 and not 1900. If the year is displayed
incorrectly, then you will have plenty of time to update your
hardware. Operating your organizations information systems under
their normal daily load with the clock set forward can provide
valuable insight into your vulnerablility to year 2000 issues.</p>
<p>There are tests that you can perform to see how your system will
respond. Set your clock to a few minutes before midnight on New Year's
Eve and watch the system time. Your system should display the year as
2000 and not 1900. If the year is displayed incorrectly, then you will
have plenty of time to update your hardware. Operating your
organizations information systems under their normal daily load with the
clock set forward can provide valuable insight into your vulnerablility
to year 2000 issues.</p>
<blockquote>
<strong>Important:</strong> Do <strong>not</strong> do this on a live
@ -72,142 +71,144 @@
<h2>FreeBSD Year 2000 Statement</h2>
<blockquote>
<p>
"After extensive analysis and testing, we believe that FreeBSD is 100% Y2K
compliant. In the unlikely event that something has been overlooked, we
will do our best to fix it as soon as possible."
</p>
<p>"After extensive analysis and testing, we believe that FreeBSD is
100% Y2K compliant. In the unlikely event that something has been
overlooked, we will do our best to fix it as soon as possible."</p>
<p align="right">David Greenman<br>Principal Architect, The
FreeBSD project</p>
<p align="right">David Greenman<br>Principal Architect, The FreeBSD
project</p>
</blockquote>
<h2>Fixed problems</h2>
<p>The following Y2K problems have been identified and fixed in
FreeBSD.</p>
<dl>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=1380">misc/1380</a></dt>
<dd>Several programs have a hardcoded 19%d in responses for the year.
Affected programs include: yacc, ftpd, and make.
[Fixed: yacc v1.2 1999/01/18; ftpd v1.7 1996/08/05;
make v1.4 1996/10/06; fixes in FreeBSD-2.2 and above]
</dd>
Affected programs include: yacc, ftpd, and make. [Fixed: yacc v1.2
1999/01/18; ftpd v1.7 1996/08/05; make v1.4 1996/10/06; fixes in
FreeBSD-2.2 and above]</dd>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=1382">conf/1382</a></dt>
<dd>The sed script in /etc/rc.local that builds the host/kernel ID line
for the message of the day relies on the year not going past
1999.[Fixed v1.21 1996/10/24; fixes in FreeBSD-2.2 and above]
</dd>
for the message of the day relies on the year not going past 1999.
[Fixed v1.21 1996/10/24; fixes in FreeBSD-2.2 and above]</dd>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3465">misc/3465</a></dt>
<dd>The etc/namedb/make-localhost command generates the DNS serial
number as YYMMDD. In the year 2000, this will be generated as
1YYMMDD.[Fixed v1.2 1997/08/11; fixes in FreeBSD-2.2.5 and above]
</dd>
1YYMMDD. [Fixed v1.2 1997/08/11; fixes in FreeBSD-2.2.5 and
above]</dd>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=4930">gnu/4930</a> and
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=8321">gnu/8321</a></dt>
<a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=8321">gnu/8321</a></dt>
<dd>groff tmac macros have hardcoded 19 for generating some dates.
[Fixed: tmac.e v1.3 1998/12/06; doc-common v1.10 1999/01/19; fixes in
FreeBSD-3.1 and above]
</dd>
[Fixed: tmac.e v1.3 1998/12/06; doc-common v1.10 1999/01/19; fixes in
FreeBSD-3.1 and above]</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9323">bin/9323</a></dt>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9323">bin/9323</a></dt>
<dd>In its obsolescent form, touch doesn't treat the two digit year
year specification correctly. Years in the range 00-68 are treated
as 1900-1968 instead of 2000-2068.[Fixed v1.7 1999/01/05; fixes in
FreeBSD-3.1 and above]
</dd>
year specification correctly. Years in the range 00-68 are treated
as 1900-1968 instead of 2000-2068. [Fixed v1.7 1999/01/05; fixes in
FreeBSD-3.1 and above]</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/usr.sbin/xntpd/parse/util/dcfd.c">xntpd/parse/util/dcfd.c</a></dt>
<dd>The leap year calculations for the number of days in a year, and
the conversion of DCF77 time to seconds since the Epoch were wrong.
These errors affected all years.[Fixed v1.6 1999/01/12; fixes in
FreeBSD-3.1 and above]
</dd>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/usr.sbin/xntpd/parse/util/dcfd.c">xntpd/parse/util/dcfd.c</a></dt>
<dd>The leap year calculations for the number of days in a year, and the
conversion of DCF77 time to seconds since the Epoch were wrong. These
errors affected all years. [Fixed v1.6 1999/01/12; fixes in
FreeBSD-3.1 and above]</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/gnu/usr.bin/tar/getdate.y">tar/getdate.y</a></dt>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/gnu/usr.bin/tar/getdate.y">tar/getdate.y</a></dt>
<dd>Function Convert() was hard-coded for two digit years in range 70-99.
Now adjusted to allow two digit years for 1970-2069. The function
does not allow for century non-leap years - y2k1 alert!
[Fixed v1.4 1999/01/12; fixes in FreeBSD-3.1 and above]
does not allow for century non-leap years - y2k1 alert! [Fixed v1.4
1999/01/12; fixes in FreeBSD-3.1 and above]
</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/usr.bin/fetch/http.c">fetch/http.c</a></dt>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/usr.bin/fetch/http.c">fetch/http.c</a></dt>
<dd>The HTTP protocol includes an obsolete date format which uses a
two-digit year. Previous versions of fetch would interpret all such
two-digit year. Previous versions of fetch would interpret all such
dates in the 1900s; subsequent to this revision, the pivot described
in <a href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/internet/rfc/rfc2068.txt">RFC
2068</a> is employed, which causes two-digit years to be interpreted
as always belonging to the current century unless they would be
50 or more years in the future. Since the HTTP servers which
use this obsolete format are no longer widespread, this is not expected
to have a significant impact.[Fixed v1.24 1999/01/15; fixes in
FreeBSD-3.1 and above]
</dd>
2068</a> is employed, which causes two-digit years to be interpreted
as always belonging to the current century unless they would be 50 or
more years in the future. Since the HTTP servers which use this
obsolete format are no longer widespread, this is not expected to have
a significant impact. [Fixed v1.24 1999/01/15; fixes in FreeBSD-3.1
and above]</dd>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9500">misc/9500</a></dt>
<dd>The `edithook' script in the CVSROOT directory uses a raw tm_year and
will therefore display 01/01/100 for 2000-JAN-01.
[Fixed v1.2 1999/01/17; not relevant to FreeBSD releases]
</dd>
<dd>The `edithook' script in the CVSROOT directory uses a raw tm_year
and will therefore display 01/01/100 for 2000-JAN-01. [Fixed v1.2
1999/01/17; not relevant to FreeBSD releases]</dd>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9501">bin/9501</a></dt>
<dd>Several cvs contrib files are not Y2K compliant.
The log.pl and sccs2rcs.csh scripts prepend `19' to the year
resulting in a display of 19100 for 2000. The log_accum.pl
script uses a two digit year in one place and in another
place assumes that the tm_year is year within century rather
than years since 1900.
[Fixed: log.pl v1.2 1999/01/15; sccs2rcs.csh v1.3 1999/01/15; fixes in
FreeBSD-3.1 and above]
</dd>
<dd>Several cvs contrib files are not Y2K compliant. The log.pl and
sccs2rcs.csh scripts prepend `19' to the year resulting in a display
of 19100 for 2000. The log_accum.pl script uses a two digit year in
one place and in another place assumes that the tm_year is year within
century rather than years since 1900. [Fixed: log.pl v1.2 1999/01/15;
sccs2rcs.csh v1.3 1999/01/15; fixes in FreeBSD-3.1 and above]</dd>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9502">bin/9502</a></dt>
<dd>The groff number register `yr' is assigned from a (struct tm).tm_year
and therefore represents the number of years since 1900, not the
year within the century (see definition in troff/input.cc).
[Fixed, now set mod 100, troff/input.cc V1.2 1999/06/03; fixes will be in
FreeBSD-3.3]
</dd>
<dd>The groff number register `yr' is assigned from a (struct
tm).tm_year and therefore represents the number of years since 1900,
not the year within the century (see definition in troff/input.cc).
[Fixed, now set mod 100, troff/input.cc V1.2 1999/06/03; fixes will be
in FreeBSD-3.3]</dd>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9503">bin/9503</a></dt>
<dd>PicoBSD's simple_httpd uses a raw tm_year and will therefore
display 01/01/100 for 2000-JAN-01.[Fixed v1.2 1999/01/16; fixes in
FreeBSD-3.1 and above]
</dd>
<dd>PicoBSD's simple_httpd uses a raw tm_year and will therefore display
01/01/100 for 2000-JAN-01. [Fixed v1.2 1999/01/16; fixes in
FreeBSD-3.1 and above]</dd>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9505">bin/9505</a></dt>
<dd>Adduser uses a raw tm_year and will therefore display 100/01/01 for
2000-JAN-01.[Fixed v1.42 1999/01/15; fixes in FreeBSD-3.1 and above]
</dd>
2000-JAN-01. [Fixed v1.42 1999/01/15; fixes in FreeBSD-3.1 and
above]</dd>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9506">bin/9506</a></dt>
<dd>Cron uses a raw tm_year and will therefore display 100 for 2000.
[Fixed v1.7 1999/01/16; fixes in FreeBSD-3.1 and above]
</dd>
[Fixed v1.7 1999/01/16; fixes in FreeBSD-3.1 and above]</dd>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9507">bin/9507</a></dt>
<dd>tcpslice(8) uses a raw tm_year and will therefore display
100y01m01d... for 2000-JAN-01. For compatibility, use a two-digit
year until 2000.[Fixed v1.8 1999/01/20; fixes in FreeBSD-3.1 and above]
</dd>
100y01m01d... for 2000-JAN-01. For compatibility, use a two-digit
year until 2000.[Fixed v1.8 1999/01/20; fixes in FreeBSD-3.1 and
above]</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Problematic applications</h2>
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<dl>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=7681">ports/7681</a></dt>
<dd>TkDesk 1.0 uses a hardcoded 19 in the file listing window. A
file with a date &gt 2000 is displayed with a year looking like
"191xx" where xx is the last two numbers of the real date. This
bug has been fixed in version 1.1.[Port updated 1998/10/10; fixes in
FreeBSD-3.0 and above]
</dd>
<dd>TkDesk 1.0 uses a hardcoded 19 in the file listing window. A file
with a date &gt 2000 is displayed with a year looking like "191xx"
where xx is the last two numbers of the real date. This bug has been
fixed in version 1.1. [Port updated 1998/10/10; fixes in FreeBSD-3.0
and above]</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9295">ports/9295</a></dt>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9295">ports/9295</a></dt>
<dd>INN 1.7.2 suffers from 2 Y2K related problems. One occurs when
pulling news (-f option to nntpget) and the other relates to
the Expire header with relative dates past 2000.
[Both INN ports upgraded to INN 2.2 1999/05/02; fixes in FreeBSD-3.2 and
above]
</dd>
<dd>INN 1.7.2 suffers from 2 Y2K related problems. One occurs when
pulling news (-f option to nntpget) and the other relates to the
Expire header with relative dates past 2000. [Both INN ports upgraded
to INN 2.2 1999/05/02; fixes in FreeBSD-3.2 and above]</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9298">ports/9298</a></dt>
<dd>Knews suffers from 2 Y2K related problems. One occurs during
the generation of the NNTP NEWGROUPS command. The other occurs
because knews doesn't think that 2000 is a leap year.
Both are fixed in knews-1.0b.1.[Port updated 1999/01/07; fixes in
FreeBSD-3.1 and above]
</dd>
<dd>Knews suffers from 2 Y2K related problems. One occurs during the
generation of the NNTP NEWGROUPS command. The other occurs because
knews doesn't think that 2000 is a leap year. Both are fixed in
knews-1.0b.1. [Port updated 1999/01/07; fixes in FreeBSD-3.1 and
above]</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9300">ports/9300</a></dt>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9300">ports/9300</a></dt>
<dd>Nntp-t5 suffers from a Y2K problem during the generation of
the NEWNEWS command.[Port patched 1999/01/05; fixes in FreeBSD-3.1 and
above]
</dd>
<dd>Nntp-t5 suffers from a Y2K problem during the generation of the
NEWNEWS command. [Port patched 1999/01/05; fixes in FreeBSD-3.1 and
above]</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=11144">ports/11144</a></dt>
<dd>The tiff port has a hardcoded 19xx. While this is in the
contrib section (for converting Sun rasterfile format to
TIFF), and not installed by default, this should be patched.
[Port patched 1999/04/18, followed by upgrade 1999/05/11; fixes in
FreeBSD-3.2 and above]
</dd>
<dd>The tiff port has a hardcoded 19xx. While this is in the contrib
section (for converting Sun rasterfile format to TIFF), and not
installed by default, this should be patched. [Port patched
1999/04/18, followed by upgrade 1999/05/11; fixes in FreeBSD-3.2 and
above]</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=11145">ports/11145</a></dt>
<dt><a
href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=11145">ports/11145</a></dt>
<dd>The dgs port suffers from the same TIFF related problem
as the tiff port. [contrib routine for converting Sun
rasterfiles to TIFF] [Port patched 1999/04/18; fixes in FreeBSD-3.2
and above]
</dd>
<dd>The dgs port suffers from the same TIFF related problem as the tiff
port. [contrib routine for converting Sun rasterfiles to TIFF] [Port
patched 1999/04/18; fixes in FreeBSD-3.2 and above]</dd>
</dl>
<h2>More information</h2>
<p>If you have further questions about FreeBSD's year 2000 compliance, or
you have discovered an application running under FreeBSD that is not Y2K
compliant, please contact the project at <a
href="mailto:freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG</a>.</p>
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